MALAKAL, South Sudan — South Sudanese forces struck two United Nations compounds as clashes between two factions continued for a third day, shattering a fragile peace agreement that was meant to end a bloody, 31-month civil war. The United Nations mission here said in a statement that the two bases in...

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June 1, 2016 (JUBA) – In unexpected move which is described as a breakthrough, the South Sudan's presidency has agreed to review the 28 states and come up with a recommendation on the number of new states within 30 days. The resolution came out after a joint meeting of the President, Salva Kiir, First Vice President, Riek Machar and Vice President, James Wani, at the presidential palace on Wednesday. In a joint statement to the press by the two deputies after the meeting, a committee of (...)
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June 1, 2016 (NEW YORK) – United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on warring parties, turned peace partners, “to fully and unconditionally implement all parts of the Agreement”, uphold the permanent ceasefire and address the economic crisis and dire humanitarian situation in the country. In the recent resolution passed this week, the Council also called on the parties in the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) to abide by the communiqué of the East African regional (...)
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January 31, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – The East African regional block, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has urged President Salva Kiir and his government to “suspend” the implementation of the 28 states he created, saying the decision was “inconsistent” with the peace agreement signed by warring parties in August 2015.
In a communiqué released on Sunday after two days of meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers, an IGAD policy-making body with membership of foreign ministers (...)
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January 24, 2016 (JUBA) – A joint statement issued by the Troika member countries including the United States, United Kingdom and Norway, has blamed President Salva Kiir's government for insisting on the 28 states it created outside the peace agreement, saying this has become an “obstacle to peace” in the young country.
The trio countries expressed what they called “deep concern” after the parties to the peace deal signed in August 2015 failed to form a transitional government of national unity (...)
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January 12, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudanese peace partners have agreed to reopen up the peace agreement for further renegotiation on whether to revoke or confirm the 28 states unilaterally created by president Salva Kiir on 2 October in violation of the peace deal he signed in August 2015 with other opposition parties on the basis of the constitutionally recognized 10 states, government's officials said.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in the national capital, Juba, shortly after (...)
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December 31, 2015 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir, has called on his supporters to defend the creation of 28 states in response to criticisms that the move was a violation of the peace agreement he signed in August with the armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, to end 21 months of civil war in the country.
“Everyone has to respect the will of the people. The creation of the states and the appointment of the governors were in fulfilment of the desire of the people, and if (...)
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir made a Christmas Eve decree dissolving the nation's 10 states and creating 28 new ones, a move which may threaten the peace deal signed in August to end the country's two-year civil war.

November 20, 2015 (JUBA) – South Sudanese members of parliament under the leadership of president Salva Kiir have warned of imminent tribal war in the country due to the constitutional amendment which seeks to impose 28 states against the will of the people of the newly founded country.
66 members of parliament in South Sudan who have been loyal to president Kiir have declared objection to a parliamentary vote seeking the approval to amend the constitution to allow expansion of the (...)
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November 5, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) - The opposition faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/SPLA) said it has rejected the unilateral creation of 28 states in South Sudan by president Salva Kiir Mayardit, raising doubts whether the peace deal signed in August will be implemented without addressing the matter.
President Kiir, who signed the peace agreement with the opposition leader and first vice president designate, Riek Machar, in a presidential order on 2 October, (...)
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